Scaling-up of dental pulp stem cells isolated from multiple niches.

Dental pulp (DP) can be extracted from child's primary teeth (deciduous), whose loss occurs spontaneously by about 5 to 12 years. Thus, DP presents an easy accessible source of stem cells without ethical concerns. Substantial quantities of stem cells of an excellent quality and at early (2-5) p...

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Main Authors: Nelson F Lizier, Alexandre Kerkis, Cícera M Gomes, Josimeri Hebling, Camila F Oliveira, Arnold I Caplan, Irina Kerkis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387222?pdf=render